Botvinnik vs Smyslov, the first match.Reprint 20002, 166 Seiten, kartoniert, englischDeskriptive Notation. This book contains the account and eye witness analysis by Golombek of the first of the three titanic world title clashes between Botvtnnik and Smyslov, unquestionably the dominant players of the 1950s.Botvinnik was the iron man of Soviet chess while Smyslov, by crushing the world's greatest players at the Candidates Tournaments of 1953 and 1956, had proved himself the most worthy challenger. These games are bloodthirsty classics between two supreme exemplars of the Soviet school of chess, annotated by the man on the spot who had unrivalled access both to the players and to the very best of Soviet analysis.
